Descendents of Prophet Muhammad exist

I was told my religious teachers who are of the Shafie Mazab thatthere are no living descendent of Prophet Muhammad because both Hassanand Hussin, his grandchildren died. Initially I thought it was atKarbala but the heads that were recorded appear to be only one butverbally it appeared to be two because both deaths were narratedtogether.

The descendent of Hassan call themselves Shariff and they should bethe most numerous because not many of them were killed. The descendentof Hussin have only one surviving son but not sure if he survived thetrip to captivity but some daughters may survive because they weretaken care of by Zainab, their aunty.

Our religious teachers appear to discourage looking up to descendantsof Prophet Muhammad for fear of Shirik as what the Shiah had sufferedin revering the descendants of Ali. However pious Muslims should notlie or hide the truth.

One possible reason was that these teachers were bribed and threatenedby the existing Muslim rulers who tend to form dynasties, not toemphasise Prophet Muhammad's descendants in choosing leaders. It isthese fear that led to many of them to hide their ancestry whilepreserving their titles of Sharif and Syed.

In South East Asia, they were revered not as leaders but as piouspeople whose graves can give good luck. Their tombs were filled withyellow clothes in order to indicate their holiness. In Sabah, most ofthese have the Shariff titles.

If we are really concerned, we can do DNA tests but these tests cannotreally determine correctly complete genertic link. These people whokeep their Shariff and Syed titles are not the only ones who aredescendent of Prophet Muhammad. Since holders of these titles arethose who descend from the males line, DNA test can be carried outeasily and cheaply. Imposters can be easily discounted.

It is important for us to establish these genetic links not because wewant to exalt them but to pay our respects to Prophet Muhammad and toconfirm ourselves that Prophet Muhammad is indeed human with realfamilies. Those who pretend that Prophet Muhammad did not have anysurviving descendant is only trying to deify him which is strictlyforbidden in Islam. This is the same sin committed by Christians whobelieve that Jesus does not have any descendants and therefore divine.